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Friday, April 01, 2011

Clarissa had triplets this morning!(She's the one who wondered what we were waiting for in yesterday's post.)

Lots more photos after the jump. . .

We've launched into lambing season at full tilt! This Katahdin hair sheep mama, who was the only one to have triplets last year, and her Katahdin/Suffolk babies—two girls and one boy, born first thing this morning—are all doing well and are bonding in their newly (like finished yesterday) bonding suite. We've had a slow start with nursing but have high hopes—and thankfully plenty of fresh raw milk and cream from a generous Jersey cow down the road.

That makes one ewe down and 19 more to go, barring anymore surprise pregnancies. So far we've had three. Who knew our strapping young Katahdin ram Edward could, ahem, do it through the fence? He also broke through 11 strands of barbed wire—twice. Thank goodness our big Suffolk ram doesn't have such lofty aspirations!

Hi Everybody,Thanks for all the comments. Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow to answer your questions, but right now it's back to the barn for one last check on all the lambs and mamas to be before I fall into bed to catch a few winks before heading back down there again. Nothing like running on three hours sleep! :)

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